Two Days Left!

There are only two days left to vote on More Than Musiq's latest poll, Who's Your Favorite Female Singer?

Right now our girl Britney is in the lead, but with last minute votes it's anyone's game!!

Keep voting!

A Lil Bit O' Country

Every so often I stumble on youtube and find a great country track from the 90's. I have been appreciating country music more and more over the years, and now that artists like Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are MAJOR players in the pop music world, there's a whole new generation of country fans.

An artist who has been pretty quiet recently is feisty red-haed Jo De Messina. The singer racked up 12 top 10 country hits from 1996 to 2005, including four #1's. I've always been a fan, and so here's one of her old school hits!

"Heads Carolina, Tails California" was Messina's first single, and it hit #2 on the country charts. Her voice is awesome, and the song is super catchy!

Take a listen to "Heads Carolina, Tails California"

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Teen Dream Fever

Justin Bieber, the newest 16-year-old pop-tart, lands at #1 this week on the Billboard 200 with his second album My World 2.0, which sold a robust 283,000 last week.

With his #1 debut, Bieber becomes the youngest solo male artist to top the Billboard 200 since August of 1963, when Stevie Wonder held the top spot for a week with Little Stevie Wonder/The 12-Year-Old Genius, when he was 13.

Bieber also has the #5 best-selling album in the country with his debut CD My World.

Pretty impressive for a sophomore in high school!

Coming in at the #2 spot this week is our girl Monica, who's album Still Standing sold a respectable 184,000 copies. Credit the strong opening sales to her latest single "Everything to Me", which is holding down the top spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts.

Here's a rundown of this week's top 10 albums:

1. Justin Bieber My World 2.0 (283,000)

2. Monica Still Standing (184,000)

3. Now That's What I Call Music 33 (135,000)

4. Lady Antebellum Need You Now (78,000)

5. Justin Bieber My World (50,000)

6. She & Him Volume 2. (47,000)

7. Ludacris Battle of the Sexes (45,000)

8. Lady Gaga The Fame (41,000)

9. Marvin Sapp Here I Am (39,000)

10. Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (34,000)

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It's Coming! It's Coming! It's Coming! It's Coming!!

The stars of Fox's MONSTER show Glee graces the latest cover of Rolling Stone Magazine.

WoopWoop!!

You know what that means?? GLEE IS ALMOST BACK!!!

Since taking a mid-season hiatus because of the juggernaut that is American Idol, The second half of the first season is gearing up to premiere on April 13, with 9 more episodes remaining!

Finally, I've been going through withdrawals for months!!

Aguilera Debuts New Song, Pop Fan Disappointed

Christina Aguilera debuted her latest single yesterday, a little electro-pop ditty called "Not Myself Tonight."

The tune feels a little forced, with Aguilera jumping on the electro-banwagon a-la Ke$ha and Britney, and leaves a lot to be desired.

Christina is literally one of the best pop vocalists to ever grace the stage, and it's a shame that she is hiding her voice with this over-produced track. I mean, I know that this type of music is all the rage, but most people tweak their voice with auto-tune and crap like that because they can't sing!

X-tina likes to evolve, as we all know, but it seems as if she's always a step behind. She needs to stick with what she's good at; huge monster pop ballads that showcase those stunning pipes!!!

Take a listen to her new single "Not Myself Tonight", and judge for yourself.

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Ricky Martin Comes Out...Big Surprise?

Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin has FINALLY come out of the closet as a gay man, after over a decade of speculation.

First off, congratulations!

But secondly, ummm it was not a huge surprise to most. Since he burst on to the U.S. music scene in 1999 with his #1 hit "Living La Vida Loca" there has been much speculation regarding his sexuality, but he always kept things hush-hush.

Not anymore! Martin is now a proud and out gay man!

While he is still a huge part of the Latin music world, Martin has not release any English-language music in quite some time. Perhaps with all of this new media publicity he'll jump back on the wagon!

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Monica Returns

Well, she never went away, really.

R&B singer Monica is riding high with her latest single "Everything to Me", which moved into the #1 position on Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop charts. Her album Still Standing, is expected to debut high on the Billboard 200 this week as well.

Congrats to her! Monica has been through some tough times in the past decade; her boyfriend shot himself and committed suicide in front of her in 2000, causing her to fall down a spiral of depression for quite some time.

She was able to bounce back with 2003's #1 album After the Storm, and now it looks as if she's destined for another hit album!

It's nice to see her back on top, but to be honest I'd love for her to score another MONSTER pop hit like the ones she released back in the late 90's (obviously you remember "Angel of Mine", "The First Night," and of course, the Grammy-winning duet with Brandy "The Boy is Mine.")

But for now she's just doing her thing! Take a listen to her latest #1 hit, "Everything to Me".

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